diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
index fa02d59ef46a..ba9efa05191a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/make-binary-wrapper.sh
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ makeCWrapper() {
                 inherit_argv0=1
             ;;
             *) # Using an error macro, we will make sure the compiler gives an understandable error message
-                main="$main    #error makeCWrapper: Uknown argument ${p}"$'\n'
+                main="$main    #error makeCWrapper: Unknown argument ${p}"$'\n'
             ;;
         esac
     done